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Byzantium Palette

Byzantium Palette: #702963, #297036, #592970, #702940. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Byzantium Palette assigns primary #702963, secondary #297036, surface #592970, background #702940, accent #FFFFFF. The set spans Pink, Green, Purple, and Gray families with warm, cool, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #592970 at 0.0488 to #FFFFFF at 1; black gives higher contrast on 1 of 5 values.

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5colors
Pink palettedominant group
6use cases

Palette Color Roles

Byzantium Palette maps 5 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#702963Byzantium
Secondary#297036#297036
Surface#592970#592970
Background#702940#702940
Accent#FFFFFFWhite

CSS Variables

--palette-byzantium-primary: #702963;
--palette-byzantium-secondary: #297036;
--palette-byzantium-surface: #592970;
--palette-byzantium-background: #702940;
--palette-byzantium-accent: #FFFFFF;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 5 Byzantium Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#702963
Black 2.19:1 · White 9.61:1
Best #FFFFFF
Secondary#297036
Black 3.47:1 · White 6.06:1
Best #FFFFFF
Surface#592970
Black 1.98:1 · White 10.63:1
Best #FFFFFF
Background#702940
Black 2.08:1 · White 10.1:1
Best #FFFFFF
Accent#FFFFFF
Black 21:1 · White 1:1
Best #000000

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Byzantium Palette roles behave together across common interface components before copying the CSS variables.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.
CardSurface treatment using palette roles.
AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.
NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Byzantium Palette Data (JSON)

Structured palette data for Byzantium Palette, including color roles, accessibility, semantic groups, use cases, CSS variables, and API links.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.0593
Black text2.19:1AA Fail
White text9.61:1AA Pass
colorsPalette colors with roles and color systems
rolesPrimary, secondary, surface, background, and accent mapping
accessibilityContrast and WCAG text options by palette color
semanticGroupsAI-readable palette labels
useCasesDesign and implementation contexts
cssVariablesCopy-ready CSS custom properties
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Roles
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#702963",
    "name": "Byzantium"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#297036",
    "name": "#297036"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#592970",
    "name": "#592970"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#702940",
    "name": "#702940"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#FFFFFF",
    "name": "White"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#702963",
    "name": "Byzantium",
    "blackContrast": 2.19,
    "whiteContrast": 9.61,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#297036",
    "name": "#297036",
    "blackContrast": 3.47,
    "whiteContrast": 6.06,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#592970",
    "name": "#592970",
    "blackContrast": 1.98,
    "whiteContrast": 10.63,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#702940",
    "name": "#702940",
    "blackContrast": 2.08,
    "whiteContrast": 10.1,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#FFFFFF",
    "name": "White",
    "blackContrast": 21,
    "whiteContrast": 1,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "byzantium palette",
  "generated palette",
  "pink palette",
  "green palette",
  "purple palette",
  "gray palette",
  "balanced palette",
  "earth tone palette",
  "jewel tone palette",
  "light palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "warm palette",
  "cool palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "natural branding",
  "wellness and botanical palettes"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-byzantium-primary: #702963;\n--palette-byzantium-secondary: #297036;\n--palette-byzantium-surface: #592970;\n--palette-byzantium-background: #702940;\n--palette-byzantium-accent: #FFFFFF;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "byzantium",
  "name": "Byzantium Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "byzantium",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Byzantium, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Byzantium Palette combines primary #702963, secondary #297036, surface #592970, background #702940, accent #FFFFFF. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a pink palette, green palette, purple palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.",
  "semanticGroups": [
    "byzantium palette",
    "generated palette",
    "pink palette",
    "green palette",
    "purple palette",
    "gray palette",
    "balanced palette",
    "earth tone palette",
    "jewel tone palette",
    "light palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "warm palette",
    "cool palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "natural branding",
    "wellness and botanical palettes"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#702963",
      "slug": "byzantium",
      "name": "Byzantium",
      "rgb": [
        112,
        41,
        99
      ],
      "hsl": [
        311,
        46,
        30
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        63,
        12,
        56
      ],
      "family": "pink",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.0593,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 2.19,
        "white": 9.61
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/byzantium/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#297036",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#297036",
      "rgb": [
        41,
        112,
        54
      ],
      "hsl": [
        131,
        46,
        30
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        63,
        0,
        52,
        56
      ],
      "family": "green",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "earth-tone",
        "jewel-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1233,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 3.47,
        "white": 6.06
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#592970",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#592970",
      "rgb": [
        89,
        41,
        112
      ],
      "hsl": [
        281,
        46,
        30
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        21,
        63,
        0,
        56
      ],
      "family": "purple",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "jewel-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.0488,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 1.98,
        "white": 10.63
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#702940",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#702940",
      "rgb": [
        112,
        41,
        64
      ],
      "hsl": [
        341,
        46,
        30
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        63,
        43,
        56
      ],
      "family": "pink",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "balanced"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.054,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 2.08,
        "white": 10.1
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "slug": "white",
      "name": "White",
      "rgb": [
        255,
        255,
        255
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "light",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 1,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 21,
        "white": 1
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/white/"
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#702963",
      "name": "Byzantium"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#297036",
      "name": "#297036"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#592970",
      "name": "#592970"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#702940",
      "name": "#702940"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "name": "White"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#702963",
      "name": "Byzantium",
      "blackContrast": 2.19,
      "whiteContrast": 9.61,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#297036",
      "name": "#297036",
      "blackContrast": 3.47,
      "whiteContrast": 6.06,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#592970",
      "name": "#592970",
      "blackContrast": 1.98,
      "whiteContrast": 10.63,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#702940",
      "name": "#702940",
      "blackContrast": 2.08,
      "whiteContrast": 10.1,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "name": "White",
      "blackContrast": 21,
      "whiteContrast": 1,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-byzantium-primary: #702963;\n--palette-byzantium-secondary: #297036;\n--palette-byzantium-surface: #592970;\n--palette-byzantium-background: #702940;\n--palette-byzantium-accent: #FFFFFF;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/byzantium.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/byzantium.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/byzantium/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/byzantium.json"
}
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